Is the Manix my dream come true knife?

peacefuljeffrey

peacefuljeffrey

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I just saw a picture of the Spyderco Manix -- a truly beautiful knife -- and am seeking confirmation which, if given, will make this knife my dream come true.

I see that it is a lockback -- AND that it has screws (or torx-whatever) in the handle. I have been waiting a long time for a Spyderco knife with the ol' reliable lockback locking mechanism (which generally affords VERY little blade-play if any at all) that can be user-disassembled. There are lots of knife designs that I love in lockback, but I have never seen one until now that could be taken apart with screws. The reason I have given up on Delicas is that they are riveted and cannot be taken apart.

So please confirm for me -- is the Manix disassemblable, like say, with my Blue Box tools?

I'm thinking that if it can, I'm in for two or three of them. What a GREAT design!

P.S. Is there anything I should know about taking apart a lockback knife? Is there anything that makes is any more difficult to reassemble than any other knife?

-Jeffrey
 
Try asking here. Sal himself as well as a few Manix owners have posted in that thread, so you're likely to get a reliable answer soon there.
 
Someone on the Spyderco forum posted a pic of his disassembled Manix.
 
The ONLY thing I do not like about the Manix is the weight. Just too heavy for me to cary on a regular basis, and that's why I traded a SERE 2K away which is about the same weight.

I love everything else about it, though.
 
This might help, some shots I took with my new camera.

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shootist16 said:
Someone on the Spyderco forum posted a pic of his disassembled Manix.
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Shootist, I couldn't find the thread but would like to see it...do you have a link?

Ted
 
Looks BEEFY. Looks like a lockback incarnation of the Gunting, with those thick liners. I love it! That beefy quality is exactly why I like my Gunting so much! Now I'll have it in a shape that I truly find beautiful.

The last thing I want out of Spyderco (at the moment) is for them to cut that little crescent shape out of the very heel of the blade where it meets the tang. Currently, the way the edge runs right up to the tang and then curves just a little downward is a no-no for sharpening. My Para-Military is like this, of course, so I took a Dremel grinder to it to PUT a crescent cutout there. Now the sharpening stone need not butt right up against the tang.

Thanks for the pics.

-Jeffrey
 
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